A bi-national study team was assembled to further develop the idea of an international park embodied in earlier protocols. Each side nominated four memebers with complementary backgrounds. Additional technical experts were consulted within each country. Consulation with local political and cultural leaders was extensive.
The Chukotskiy Peninsula was surveyed by boat, jeep, and helicopter from September 7 to September 18, 1989. The Seward Peninsula was surveyed by air, and other areas relevant to the common heritage were visited from September 18 to September 25. From September 28 to October 3, the team wrote the report in Anchorage, Alaska.
ITINERARY FOR U.S.-U.S.S.R.
INTERNATIONAL PARK PLANNING TEAM
6/7 September
U.S. team flew to Provideniya
8 September
Joint team left Provideniya by ship to Senyavin Archipelago; visited Yttygran Island; passed Arahamchechen Island; visited Senyavin Fjord. Left for Lavrentiya.
9 September
Arrived Lavrentiya; met Mayor Yuri Tototto and staff; toured the town. Traveled to Nunyamo and spent night at Pinakul.
10 September
Left Pinakul and traveled to Lorino; met with Mayor Ludmila Ivanova; visited Lorino hot springs. Left Lorino and anchored off Arakamchechen Island for night.
11 September
Returned to Provideniya.
12 September
Left Provideniya by helicopter to Yttygran Island, Arakamchechen Island, the coastline to Lavrentiya, then to Lake Ioni. Returned to Provideniya.
13 September
Helicopter along coast to Mechigmen. Went to Lake Koolen, and then to Lavrentiya. Stopped at East Cape and Dezhnev Memorial, then passed over Uelen and Inchoun and proceeded to Chegitun River. From there to Lorino hot springs for the night.
14 September
Left Lorino hot springs. Went to East Cape, and then to Big Diomede Island and Uelen; met Mayor Zinaida Vasil'evna Solovjova and visited the ivory factory at Uelen. Left Uelen and flew northwest along the coast to Chegitun River and flew over Neshkan. Returned to Lavrentiya, and then went to the Lake Ioni region and visited a hot springs. Returned to Provideniya.
15 September
Met in Provideniya because of weather. Visited Novoe Chaplino; ment Mayor Galina Povol'skih; toured school and hospital.
16 September
Flew northwest along coast past Sireniki, Nunligran, Kaiveiem, Val'kanten, and Neran and to Lake Pichkhinmaitkhyn and landed on south side of Koluchinskaya Bay. Returned to Provideniya.
17 September
Meetings in Provideniya.
18/17 September
Joint team flew to Nome (one day time change when crossing International Date Line). Reception with city, state, and federal officials, native corporation leaders and membership, and news media.
18 September
Overflight of Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. Flight to White Fish Lake; overflight to Trail Creek Caves and Lava Lake, Lost Jim Lava Flow, and Kuzitrin Lake; returned to Nome.
19 September
Overflight of Seward Peninsula coast and Wales; visited Shishmaref; retured to Nome.
20 September
Visited St. Lawrence Island; returned to Nome.
21 September
Flight to Deering and Kotzebue. Met with NPS staff in Kotzebue and stayed overnight
22 September
Met with representatives of NANA Regional Corporation and federal, state, and community leaders. Visited Noatak and Kivalina; overflight of Noatak National Preserve, Red Dog Mine, and Cape Krusenstern National Monument; returned to Kotzebue.
23 September
Left Kotzebue; visited Kiana; overflight of Kobuk Valley National Park; stopped in Bettles; arrvied in Fairbanks.
24 September
Met with Gates of the Arctic Superintendent Roger Siglin; toured University of Alaska Fairbanks campus; met with several professors with expertise in western Alaska or Siberia. Drove to Denali National Park and stayed overnight in park.
25 September
Toured Denali National Park; drove to Anchorage.
26 September
Anchorage area; free day for Soviets.
27 September
Met with David Cline of the Audubon Society and toured NPS Alaska Regional Office; attended opening session for planning workshop at Alaska Public Lands Information Center.
28 September - 3 October
Work sessions in Anchorage.
2 October
Met with Chuck Meacham, chairman, National Park System Advisory Board.
4 October
Protocol signed: Soviet team departed for Nome.
5 October
Soviet team returned to Provideniya.